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41 tonnes of gasoline and 13430 litres of diesel ("kaasuöljy") were lost due to enemy action at Tuulos.
14 tonnes of gasoline was left to Viipuri due to damage caused by aerial bombing.
5200 hectolitres of moist firewood was lost to the enemy.

One of the largest loss of equipment during the summer of 1944 took place at Alavoinen Station at Olonets Karelia on 24-25 June 1944. Retreating Finnish forces were forced to burn down railcars containing much of 14. Vaatetuskomppania's clothing stores and other supplies. 24990 pairs of mittens, 16797 pairs of footwear, 12513 pairs of trousers and coats together with tens of thousands of various underwear and other articles were lost.

Finnish armoured vehicle losses between 1 June and 19 September 1944. Apart from five armoured tractors, all losses were between 1 and 30 June 1944. Source is document "Katsaus taisteluvälinehuoltoon ajalla 1.7.44 - 19.9.44" by Major General Svanström and Lieutenant Colonel Korpinen. The list does not contain the ISU-152 that was lost shortly after capture.

"BAB" Armoured Cars: 2 due to enemy fire, 1 due to engine failure"BAF" Armoured Cars: 1 due to engine failureT 26 A, B and C: 20 due to enemy fire, 5 due to engine failure BT 42: 2 due to enemy fire, 6 due to engine failureArmoured tractors: 51 due to enemy fire, 11 due to engine failureSturmgeschütz III: 5 due to enemy fire, 3 due to engine failure
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80 due to enemy fire, 27 due to engine failure

That looks a somewhat loose classification. According to http://www.andreaslarka.net/sturmi.html
4 vehicles were knockout out in combat (No. 1, 3, 17, 29), on hit Finnish mine (No. 2), one was abandoned in operational condition (No. 23), and one stuck on the battlefield and was blown up (No. 24). Further three were seriously damaged in combat but recovered.

There seems to be also damaged weapons which after repairs returned later back to troops or remained in stocks. In heavy weapons category the majority of total losses were old guns without recoil system in use of fortification and coastal defence troops (nearly all of these were lost in East Karelia) and small calibre 37 mm AT guns which were used as auxiliary "side-guns". These units were basically without organic towing vehicles and equipment had to be abandoned.

"Armoured tractors" means captured Komsomolets tankettes. The most important losses of weapons were covered during July and August 1944.